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(1) Where irregular deductions are made from wages, or delays in payment take place, an employed person can make an application in the prescribed form within six months to the Authority appointed by the State Government for the purpose. An application delayed beyond this period may be rejected unless sufficient cause for the delay is shown. (2) An Inspector under the Act or any legal practitioner, or when authorised in writing by the employed person any official of a registered trade union, or with the permission of the authority, any other person can also apply to the Authority for a direction under section 15(3) on behalf of an employed person. In case an employed person is dead, his legal representative can also make an application for a similar direction. (3) A single application may be presented by, or on behalf of, any number of persons belonging to the same factory or industrial establishment the payment of whose wages has been delayed. Action by the Authority